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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24
THE RESISTANCE OF THE AT
MOSPHERF


Everybody has noticed that if we move
fan gently the air parts before it with
little effort, while, when we try to fan
violently, the same air is felt to react; yet
if we go on to say that if the motion is
still more violent the atmosphere will re
sist like a solid, against which the fan, if
made of iron would break in pieces.
This may seem to some an unexpected
property of the nimble air through which
we move daily. Yet this ia the case, and
if the motion is only SO quick that the air
cannot get ont of the way body hurled
against 1t will rise In temperature like Il
shot striking an armor plate. 1t is all q
question of speed, and that of the mete
orite is known to be immense. One has
been seen to fly over this country from
the Mississippi to the Atlantic in an in
appreciably short time, probably in less
than two minutes; and though at pre-
sumable height of over fifty miles, the
velocity with which it shot by gave every
one the impression that it went just above
his head, and some witnesses of the I'M
expected apparition Looked the next day
to see if it had struck their chimneys.
The heat developed by arrested motlon
in the case of q mass of iron moving
twenty miles second can be calculated,
and is found to be much more than
enough, not only to melt it, but to turn
it into vapor, though what probably does
happen is, according to Professor New
ton, that the melted surface portions are
wiped away by the pressure of the air
and volatized to form the luminous train,
the interior remaining cold, until the
difference of temperature causes a frac-
ture, when the stone breaks and pieces
fall-some of them at red hot heat, some
of them, possibly, at the temperature
of outer space, or far below that of freez-
ing mercury.-IHe Century.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

A miner in Leadville, Colo, who can
neither read nor write, is worth today at
least 100000. Four years ago he
hadn't penny except what he earned
from day to day as a miner. His name
is John l.. Morrissey. He is a young
man, not over 80 or SO. The Crown Point
Mine, like Tom Bowen's Golconda, was
just about paying expenses. Her own
ers offered to sell her for $4,000 Nor
rissey went to Chicago and interested
Diamond Joe Reynolds in the matter.
Reynolds knew that Morrissey was an au
thorlty on mining, even if he couldn't
write his own name. He finally pur-
chased the Grown Point, agreeing to
give Morrissey half interest after the
original sum was repaid. Within thirty
days they struck vein of high class ore
that has yielded them a monthly income
of $500 apiece ever since. There is
said to be S5,OOO,0O0 worth of ore in
81 yht. Morrissey cannot even tell the
time of day. 1t is stock joke among
the boys if you ask Morrissey what
o'clock it is for him to pull from his fob
a $500 watch and, with condescending
air, tell you to "luk for yerself and then
yell know am not lying to yea. Salt
Lake Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

When Sherman was near Resaca, says
the Atlanta Constitution, he encountered
stream which he wanted to cross
quickly, but the confederates had burned
the bridge General Sherman asked the
superintendent of his construction train
how long it would take to replace the
bridge.
"About four days was the reply.
"Sir," said the general, 81 will give
you forty eight hours or a position in tn e
front ranks before the enemy"
The bridge was finished in the two
DAYS allowed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24
SENATOR VESTS POKER GAME.

Years ago Senator Vest, when young
man, occasionally INDUCED in the fasci-
mating game called draw poker, a game
which we know is thoroughly understood
In all its details in Clinton County, more
especially Lathrop. Well, once on
time Vest had tried a case In little
county seat and received large fee for
clearing his man. So much money in
the hands of the young lawyer was as
tempting to the deniZens as cool water
melon to hungry niger. The result
was game of poker was COTTON up.
The boys intended to fleece Vest, and OF
course stocked the cards. They had no
place to play in but little shed that had
no floor but some fresh dry wheat straw.
1t was five handed game, and dry
goods oox served as table. 1t happen
ed to be a jack pot, and Vest opened it
on three queens. The cards being fixed,
the other fellows had better hands and
of course raised before the draw. Vest
stood the raise and drew two cards. As
luck would have it he got the other
queen. The betting commenced and
grew exceedingly warm. They would
raise the young lawyer and he would see
them and go little better. An outsider,
who stood in with the gang, looked over
Vests shoulder and saw what formida-
bic hand he had. He held up four
fingers, shook his head and in other ways
tried to warn his friends. But to no
purpose. He saw that Vest would
break the crowd, so he lit match and
set the straw floor OH fire and told them
to run for dear life. That cool head
which serves him so we'll now In the
great debates of the Senate, and which
never lets him become ratified. did not de-
sert him then. With.one hand he raked in
the Doodle, with the other he exhibited
his lovely queens, and as he went out of
the door with his coat tail on fire he said:
LET her burn; the pot is mine" An
hour or two afterward he sat In the hotel
surrounded by crowd of friends. He
told them that the manner in which they
weighed hogs in Arkansas was to tie two
boxes on the ends of pole and balance
it across a rail fence. The hog was
placed in one box and the other one was
filled with rocks until they balanced.
The weight of the hog was ascertained by
guessing at the weight of the rocks Vest
then lazily closed his near eye and slowly
elevated the brow of the off one, q conf
cal facial expression so peculiar to him
self, and remarked that he was of the
opinion that some people in that town
knew as little about playing poker AZ the
people of Arkansas dill about weighing
hogs. The crowd all laughed but the
shed burners, and they put on sick,v
grin and went out and smiled. -LathrOp
( No )NonitOr.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

1t was Thackeray's delight to read
each number of "Dombey and Son" as
it issued from the press. He had often
been heard to speak of the work in
terms of the highest praise. When it
had reached its fifth number, wherein
.sir. Dickens described the end of little
Paul with depth of pathos which pro-
duced a vibratory emotion in the hearts
of all who read it, Mr.. Thackeray seem
ed electrified at the thought that there
was one man living who could exercise
so complete a control over him. Put
ting number five of "Dombey and Son"
in his pocket, he fastened down to Mr.
Pnnch's printing Office, and entering the
editors room, he dashed it on the table
with startling vehemence and exclaimed
"There's no writing against such power
as this-one has no chancel Read that
chapter describing young Paul's death J;
it is unsurpassed-it is stupendousl"-
R. II. .StOdddrd.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

''That must have been a grand and
beautiful sight at Niagara Fallsl" he ex-
claimed as he looked up from bis paper.
Another ice bridge? Yes, 1 should
like to have seen it2 How far did it ex-
tendi"
81 didn't refer to an ice-bridge of any
sort, sir, but to hackman having been
found frozen to death in Prospect Park!"
Free Press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

Gotham Minister understand you
are one of the ministers who accepted
the invitation to attend an opera ballet
in Chicago.
Chicago Minister-Yes, 1 went there
with the intention of preaching against
the attire of ballet girls on the following
Sunday.
Gotham Ninister-Did you2
Chicago Minister-No.
Gotham Minister-Why not?
Chicago Minister-Didn't find any
thing to preach against.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

There is a man on the Carson River
below Dayton, named Angela Cordelia,
who claims to be the strongest man in
the world. He is an Italian, aged 3S,
and stands feet 10 inches, weighing
1913 pounds. His strength was born
with him, for he had no athletic training
He differs from other men chiefly in the
osseous structure. Although not of IN
usual size his spinal column is much be
yond the ordinary width, and bis bones
and Joints are made on a similarly large
and generous scale. He has lifted a
man of 200 pounds with the middle
tinger of his right hand. The man
stood with one foot on the floor, his arms
outstretched, his hauds grasped by two
persons to balance his body. Cordelia
then stopped and placed the third
finger of bis right hand under the mans
foot, and with sclrcely any perceptibe eff
tort raised him to the height of four feet
and deposited him on table near at
band. Once two powerful men waylaid
Cordella with intent to thrash him, but
he seIzed one in each hand and hammer
ed them together until life was nearly
knocked out of them. His strength Is
Inherited, for he said his father was
more powerful than himself
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

1t is a curious fact that the late Matt
Carpenter, who represented Wisconsin
brilliantly II the senate, at one time de-
cided 20 enter the ministry, and began
the study of theology. He had lost his
sight for a time, and there are many old
people now living in the Western town
where he spent his first ten years at the
bar who can we'll remember the earnest
prayers and eloquent talk of the young
lawyer. Carpenter was then tall,
spare, black eyed fellow, handsome as
Lucifer and as dangerous. Rufus Choate
sent him to New York to put his eyes
under treatment, aud he stuck to the
law. His determinations to go into the
ministry was fieeting surrender to des
pondency, but his old friends always
cherished their dreams of his future fame
as the great blind preacher of the West.
1t was at this period in his life that Car
penter acquired his fondness for Scrip
ture reading, trait which explains the
simplicity aud clearuess of his speeches
in the senate and at the bar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

An Auburn, n. Y, lady tells this
about Roscoe Conkling: zone day when
Roscoe was visiting my fathers family
the horse and sulky were brought up to
the door and my father was just getting
ready to start out for ride among his
patients. Young Roscoe thought he
would get some life out Of the old horse,
took pin and stuck it in his launches,
when the usually staid animal suddenly
gave kick aud hit Roscoe a severe blow
on his forehead, cutting cash that to
this day leaves scar on the brow. And
this is why the ex senator permits a lit
tie curl to drop over it. ;"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

DOES YOUR HORSE COUGH2
if SO, use, -Hinrichs Improved Horse
Powder nc hest in the world for coughs
and colds.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24
ENVJFD BY HER SEX.

Is the fate of every lady with bright,
glowing countenance, which invariably
follows the use of DR.. Harter's Iron
Tonic.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

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Surplus over Liabilities, on every stand
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New Assurance in 1885, s 96,01I $500
Outstanding Assurance, 357 ,33S, 246 T.
Total Paid Policy Holders in 1885 7,13S6S9 05
Paid Policy Holders since organiz'n S8,2l1.l75.63
Income, 10,590,053.13
Improvement during the year.
Increase of Premium Income, Sl,43O $40 90
Increase of Surplus, 1922. Oh
Increase of Assets, S,39l,40l 80
New assurance written in 1888, the largest bus
mess ever transacted by the Society by any
other company in a sin lie year; the business OF
1884, three millions over that of 1853; and that of
1855. eleven millions over that of 1854.
Assurance written by the society during the
twentysiX years and half OF its history, $105,-
on 900 more than any other company has written
during the same period
The Society issues plain and simple contract
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going condensed statement thereof to be
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

Senator Bowen laughed immoderately
the other day after reading letter.
Here is letter. said he, unfolding the
dainty little missive he held in his hand,
from lady in Oswego, n. Y. She
writes that she has heard of my great
success as a oker-player, that l some
times win as high as So, 900 at q sitting,
and while all this is very reprehensible,
still, if | would contribute 81 500 of it to
a benevolent society of which she is pre-
sident, the Lord will probably coDdoue
my sinfnl ways and enable me to enjoy
the rest of my winnings in peace aud
happiness. Newspaper advertising is
responsible for this, and Senator Bowen
now wants it understood that he hasn't
touched card III twenty years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-02-24

Child at Washington-Who are all
those men longing around outside the
Capitol?
Parent-They are United States Sen
ators, my child.
care there any more Senators besides
theme"
"Only one"
"Where is hep"
''He is inside making a speech. -
omaha World
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HINTS ON READING.

The readers Coleridge has divided into
four classes. He says, ''The first class
of readers may be compared to an hour
glass; their reading being as the sand:
1t runs in and runs out, and leaves not
vestige behind. A second class resem-
bles sponge, which imbibes everything
and returns 1t in nearly the same state.
A third class is like a jelly-bag, which
allows all that is pure to pass away, and
retains only the refuse and dregs. The
fourth class may be compared to the
slave OF Golconda, who, casting aside all
that is worthless preserves only the pure
gems" It is to be feared that in the
present day the greatest number of
readers belong to the first of these class
es. The amount read is something al
most fabulous, but the results are CON-
paratively tr1hing. Volume after vol
ume is perused; pamphlets and papers
are mentally consumed, but the stores of
knowledge are not perceptibly increased.
This charge lies not only against those
who read secular works; it applies to too
great an extent to those who read the
Scriptures and other treatises upon
things divine. Lord Bacon once said
that "reading makes a full man." He
could not have meant the kind of reading
that is now too prevalent. The Omnivor-
Gus readers, the readers who skim thro'
page after page; the butterfly readers
who taste some flowers of literature here
and there, but never settle down to a
resolute extraction of the sweets, are
found at the years end, after all their
reading, not more "full'' intellectually,
but often more foolish than before. Why
is this? Because in these express days
the reading has been done as quickly as
possible, and because what is read one
hour is buried beneath heap of multi-
farious matter the next hour. But il a
man read upon a prudent plan, il he
digest what he mentally receives, his
reading will become a delightful source
of very extensive information and sound
wisdom.
Reading should be in moderation. 1t
is possible to devour whole Libraries and
yet learn nothing. 1t is said that Miss
Martineau often read in one hour no
more than single page of a good book.
An eminent divine and author is said to
have had but three books-the Bible.
Josephus' works, and Cruden's Concord
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ance. A celebrated French author be-
ing laughed at because of the smallness
of his library, replied, "Ah, when | want
q book I make it." On the other hand,
Madame de Stel- Holstein is said to have
devoured 600 novels before she was fif-
teen years of age, and to have read those
600 in three mOnths-on an average SIX
each day! Louis XVI, whilst imprison-
ed for period of five months and seven
days, read 157 volumes, or one book
day. Such literary gluttony could have
left little good result. Too much read
ing is as injurious to the mind as too
much feeding is to the body.-LThe
Culver.
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saw everything that went on during
the fortnight of his stopping in the
place. And these were few things
he learned. One most devoted
Christian man was taking account of
stock just at the time of the meet
ings, so he did not find time to attend
more than one, although he had been
very forward in advising the move
ment. A very liberal and pious lady
Of the congregation, who had been
urgent to have the evangelist, hap
pened to have some unexpected Wis
itors from the South. They had not
been North since the war, and she
thought she ought to give one or two
entertainments for them. Then 1t
happened that famous elOcutlOnlst
gave a reading OH an evening when
the evangelist had reached what he
thought a crisis in the meetings. The
result was that full One-half of the
church-members were at the hall, and
the minister preached to their empty
seats in the church.
The commercial traveller went on
his way, thinking that he also had
learned something. SO the box that
did not move and the revival that
did not occur came into close COM
pany, as now the parable and the
lesson come on the same track. A
good story, cigar, and tardy lift
may be we'll enough in their place,
but as they were, they defeated the
purpose. The account of stock, the
entertainment, and the reading are
all we'll enough in their place, but
they defeated the religious movement.
| 1t IS a deplorable thing that religion
must be caricatured by such trifiing
as this. Why cannot good people
exercise common sense in matters so
perfectly plain? Why Will they not
be actually agreed as TO what they
want. what they pray for, and what
they are trying to do!
In my boy life | was once put at
the small end when "cOach- whip
was played. No one tries it a second
time. The solid boys WHO knew the
trick were at the head. The line
moved along with increasing speed,
when suddenly the whip was snapped
by sharp turn, and the email Boy
saw stars as he rolled far away in the
dust. Would it seem irreverent to
suggest that our churches play coach
whip good deal, but somehow rell-
gion is put at the lash-end, anu gets
snapped off, while the world-cares
and the alluring pleasures come out
of the game on solid foot? What in
nocents these Christians are?-Pres-
| byteridn.
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RAIN.
BY MoNNIE MOORE.

Oh! the rain, the pattering rain
Bringing us life, and hope again;
Cooling the air, and reviving the earth;
Riches it brings with its intrinsic worth.
See! the flowers lift up their heads,
How green the grass, in earthly bed,
Oh! blessed, life giving rain.
Corn blades rustic merry tune;
Wheat says: Rain you've not come too
soon."
While the sufferer stretched on bed OF
pain,
With the cool sweet air, dreams of health
again.
Lips that murmured are smiling now;
Frowns are smoothed from the weary
brow,
BY the welcome, cooling rain.
Over the hills, low in the vale;
Cometh the rain with this glad tale:
Il am bringing you life, bringingyou JOY;
Bringing sweet happiness to man and boy
Bringing rest to the tired beast,
Preparing Natures bOunteous feast.
Thus sayeth, the glorious rain.
Mankind, lift up your hearts IN pray'r,
Praise the Lord for his mercy rare.
Oft we have murmured, doubling his
Word,
OH make us more trustful, more thank
full Lord.
Thy promises never can fail,
Thy judgment and'love will prevail.
Thou giver of this pure rain.